Our islands, our selves : a history of conservation in New Zealand / David Young.
"Our Islands, Our Selves is the story of how a conservation ethic emerged in New Zealand. It looks at Maori settlement and how the need to preserve slowly became an element of the use of some resources. It identifies the issues, personalities and organisations of the past 200 years, as New Zeal...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Dunedin, N.Z. :
University of Otago Press,
2004.
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| Summary: | "Our Islands, Our Selves is the story of how a conservation ethic emerged in New Zealand. It looks at Maori settlement and how the need to preserve slowly became an element of the use of some resources. It identifies the issues, personalities and organisations of the past 200 years, as New Zealand evolved from a 'quarry economy' to a modern society grappling with erosion and flooding issues, predator proliferation and habitat and species loss."--BOOK JACKET. |
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| Physical Description: | 298 pages : illustrations, colour maps ; 27 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-288) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1877276944 9781877276941 |